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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Mutsumi Tashiro, Maebashi, JP;
Shinichi Minohara, Chiba, JP;
Mutsumi Tashiro, Maebashi, JP;
Shinichi Minohara, Chiba, JP;
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-shi, JP;
National University Corporation Gunma University, Maebashi-shi, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of CT images of an organ () which has undergone a subtle variation or deformation are used as input data, blood vessels and tracheadistributed inside the organ are extracted and subjected to thinning, the thus thinned imagesare used to extract the coordinates of bifurcationsand connections, the thus extracted coordinates are used as feature points to track the motion of individual points between a plurality of CT images in a three dimensional space, thereby measuring the movement of the organ (). Thus, it is possible to realize a local motion tracking at an arbitrary point over an entire region inside an organ, which would be impossible by using a metal marker.
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